College of Science graduate students honored for excellence in teaching

Dozens of Purdue graduate students were honored for their teaching prowess at a gala event April 30 at Ross-Ade Stadium’s Shively Club. A large portion of the honorees consisted of College of Science students.

While top-notch researchers, these students also have a knack for promoting their fields in the classroom for the benefit of undergraduates. Those winning Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Awards were:

• David Blasing, Physics
• Anna Brezden, Chemistry
• Nathan Harrison Burow, Computer Science
• Kyle Chamberlain, Chemistry
• Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil, Statistics
• Caitlin E. Falcone, Chemistry
• Jeremy Fuller, Mathematics
• Anju Karki, Biological Sciences
• Olivia Miller, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Rohit Ranchal, Computer Science
• Kevin Rotz, Mathematics
• Paul Schmitt, Chemistry
• Jason Segura, Biological Sciences
• Haoyu Wang, Physics
• Yongheng Zhang, Mathematics

Those College of Science students that took home Graduate Teacher Certificates were:

• Shi Wah Choong, Chemistry
• Tara Phyllis Driscoll, Biological Sciences
• Brittney Rachele Miller, Mathematics

Congratulations to all of these Science graduate students for their excellence!